DxOMark has just declared the new number 1
smartphone in mobile photography, but the winner is not one but two: the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and the iPhone 8 Plus.
Not exact matches
We foresee that Swipe shall bring a change
in the
mobile photography market of India with the launch of this most affordable dual camera
smartphone.
Manufacturers have been expanding the aperture on
smartphones for several years
in an effort to improve
mobile photography.
Achieving an overall DxOMark
Mobile Score of 85 points, the Meizu Pro 6s is a solid performer for
smartphone photography enthusiasts, producing good results
in all lighting conditions.
With this being the latest addition to a specific line of
smartphones, the P20 does come with a number of design traits and features synonymous with the company's «P» line, such as an emphasis on dual rear cameras and
mobile photography in general.
With the might of Facebook behind it and tens of millions of advanced
smartphones with great cameras out
in the world already, Instagram has every reason to evolve and mature to keep pace with improvements
in mobile photography.
According to Conor Pierce, Samsung vice president of
mobile and IT
in the UK and Ireland,
smartphones are now «used more for taking pictures than making calls,» and so pushing the boundaries of what
mobile photography can achieve is key to future devices.
Now that Samsung has managed to achieve dual aperture on a
smartphone, one of the last major hurdles
in mobile photography has been cleared.
Oppo's 5X
smartphone photography technology was showcased at the annual
Mobile World Congress (MWC)
in Barcelona this year.
Asus» new Zenfone 4 series
smartphones come with either dual front camera setup or dual rear camera setup, and the devices are designed keeping
in mind the focus on
mobile photography.
Smartphone photography has pretty much eradicated the compact camera market segment, and the
mobile sector has become the number one driver of innovation
in imaging.
At the Mate 9 announcement
in Las Vegas, it was said that Leica, the famous camera company with which Huawei has an ongoing relationship to improve
mobile photography, will open an «innovation center» at its German campus and, employing several Huawei engineers to improve the camera hardware and software experience
in smartphones.
But with
mobile photography taking on a more central role
in smartphones today, you just can't get those reviews soon enough.
«LG boasts an unrivaled heritage
in smartphone photography and our decision to adopt glass
in the V30 camera is specifically because this has traditionally been the realm of DSLRs,» LG Electronics
Mobile President Juno Cho said.
As it got left behind
in the
smartphone race, it also lost its prominence
in mobile photography.
Chinese
smartphone brand Huawei has made no secret of its plans to unveil the P20 lineup
in Paris on March 27 but hasn't officially detailed any of its upcoming
smartphones, save for hinting they'll all place a large focus on AI and
mobile photography.
Sure, that could be hard to have ready for next year's top
smartphone, but one thing that won't, apparently, is a dual - camera setup, which seems to be the hottest trend
in mobile photography at the moment (see LG, Huawei, and even Apple, possibly).
Affordable and enjoyable, a
mobile lens kit — which includes a variety of lenses which snap onto a
smartphone or tablet's camera — could be a great gift for co-workers with an interest
in mobile photography this year.